Quitting smoking

[Graham M]

thanks for the kind words guys and the useful hints i'm getting my brain nagging me telling me go on, have another, but i'm endeavouring to ignore it.

[Enuff]

I've been there a few times, and i've seen so many people who I thought had it in them to stick with it, but just when they were doing real well, they start again I think it would be easier to give up heroin! all I can say is keep up the fight, it really does get better, honest. see my post

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Originally Posted by Bifta

I've finally decided to have a good crack at quitting smoking, I could do with the extra £150+ a month to spend on other things, it'd be nice to be able to exercise without getting out of breath and I don't like redecorating the house every 6 months to get rid of the nicotine coloured paint.

I've tried the inhalators, they didn't work, I've tried Allen Carr's "Easy Way to stop smoking" which frankly was a load of rubbish and I'm now on the patches (Niquitin CQ, the 21mg ones).

Has anyone got any tips for me? I'm not especially craving a cigarette but my body feels like it's buzzing, not sure if it's to do with the patches or not.

Lastly, any anti-smokers who think adding stupid advice like "just quit, be a man" etc, don't bother, I'll ask for it to be removed if you do post it.

I've started a blog to keep track of how I'm getting on but I'm not going to post it here yet, I'll wait a couple of weeks so it's actually got some useful information (hopefully some of which gather from ex-smokers on here) for people wanting to give up in the future.

TIA

Just quit. And you only do this when you're mentally ready. I had flu once, went to a wedding, drank & smoked LOADS. Next day, had one smoke on the way home - swore there and then, NO more! That was it.

Well, sort of. I would go a few weeks, maybe a month, then lapse, buy a pack, smoke ONE, then chuck the pack in a fit of self-loathing for being weak and feeble.

After a while, BEFORE giving in and having that smoke, I could picture how I would feel IF I had that smoke; pretty soon, that feeling was enough to get me over the craving.

That was 6 years ago...

Good luck!

[bayonet]

I went the hypnosis route to give up and haven't smoked for 4 years but I have been close to lapsing but that was more due to some family issues that have happened over the last 2 years.

But my blood pressure is coming down I've lost the couple of stone I put on when I gave up and I got through the family crisis without going back to smoking. I don't knock people who can't give because unless you've been a smoker then non smokers don't know how hard it is to give up.

Just think of the benefits after you give up, you may feel like crap now but give it a few months and you'll be wondering what all the fuss was about.